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Mss Eur G37/51/2 ff.14-43
- Record Id:
- 041-000805375
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 036-000805311
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000778.0x0003c6
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Mss Eur G37/51/2 ff.14-43
- Title:
- Letter to Clive from Harry Verelst.
- Scope & Content:
-
Dated at Calcutta, summarising the Coast affairs using details from recent Public and Private dispatches. Includes details of Colonel J Smith's military actions in taking the fort at Vaniambady.
With enclosures:
- List of Inclosures to Verelst's letter of 5 Feb 1768 being shipped on the Earl of Elgin (f. 18);
- Copy of a letter from the Governor and Council at Madras to the Select Committee at Bengal, 15 December 1767, regarding Hyder Ally's failed attack on the Fort at Amboor and Colonel Smith's success in taking the Fort at Vaniambaddy (ff. 19-20);
- Copy of a letter from John Call at Madrass to Harry Verelst, 12 December 1767, with an enclosed letter from Colonel Joseph Smith to Colonel Call, 8 December 1767, regarding their recent victories over Hyder Ally (ff. 21-24);
- Copy of a letter from Forbes Auchmutty, in Camp at Candiley, to Harry Verelst, 12 December 1767, describing Colonel Smith's succesful assault on Vaniambaddy (ff. 25-26);
- Copy of a letter from the Governor and Council at Bengal to the Court of Directors, 3 February 1768, regarding military operations on the Coast of Coromandel, reinforcements sent to the Deccan, and the apppointment of a new Soubah in Madras (ff. 27-30);
- Invoices Nos.7 and 8 for the shipping of bulses of Diamonds on board the Earl of Elgin, 5 February 1768 (ff. 31-34);
- Copy of a letter from the Governor and Council at Bengal to the Court of Directors, 1 February 1768, regarding general news from the Presidency including consulations and annual indents of officers being sent via the Earl of Elgin, the recent death of Thomas French and the appointment of Richard Barwell as his successor, and matters relating to the ship Fetuenbien recently returned to the King of Pegue (ff. 35-40);
- Copy of a note from Harry Verelst at Calcutta to Lord Clive, 5 February 1768 enclosing the bill of lading from Captain Thomas Cooke of the Earl of Elgin for the bulses of Diamonds being shipped to England (ff. 41-43).
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Project / Collection:
- India Office Private Papers
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-000799670
036-000805311
040-000805371
041-000805375 - Is part of:
- Mss Eur G37 : The Clive Collection, comprising the papers of Robert Clive, 1st Baron Clive of Plassey (1725-1774), Governor of Bengal 1757-1760…
Mss Eur G37/51 : Incoming letters dated in January and February 1768
Mss Eur G37/51/2 : Incoming letters and copies dated in February 1768.
Mss Eur G37/51/2 ff.14-43 : Letter to Clive from Harry Verelst. - Hierarchy:
- 032-000799670[0051]/036-000805311[0002]/040-000805371[0006]/041-000805375
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Mss Eur G37
- Record Type (Level):
- Item
- Extent:
- 30 folios
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1768
- End Date:
- 1768
- Date Range:
- 5 Feb 1768
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Former Internal References:
- Mss Eur G37/51/2 ff.53-55
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)